EMEA Recruitment Manager, Business Professionals – Contract (12 months)

Location:

Belfast

Workplace:

Hybrid

The opportunity:

The EMEA Recruitment Manager, Business Professionals – Contract (12 months) will To work closely with the EMEA Regional Functional leads, in-market Recruitment teams, and recruitment coordinators as well as the Service Center (End-to-End) team to deliver a first-class recruitment experience to all Business Professional candidates and Hiring Managers. This role will involve the execution of full life-cycle recruitment processes (internal and external) to fill role vacancies, leveraging regional and global resources whilst delivering significant hiring numbers in a hands-on and direct sourcing capacity.

The role-holder will take ownership of the operational execution of Business Professional recruitment, working with the in-market recruiting teams and with support from center-based (E2E) recruitment colleagues. This includes role posting, executing a go-to-market strategy, efficiently managing applications, candidate shortlisting and interviewing, working with hiring managers and functional leaders to agree and deliver best practice processes and interviews, offer management, pre-onboarding activity, and ensuring a seamless transition to Talent colleagues for onboarding.

Working at Baker McKenzie:

Baker McKenzie is the world’s leading law firm with offices all over the world. Our Belfast Centre is home to over 400 colleagues in both legal and professional services.

We offer one of the best workplace benefits packages in the business with comprehensive private health cover, income protection, life assurance and a full employee assistance plan. These and a host of other benefits make us one of the most desirable companies to work for in Belfast.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity for all and are confident we can provide a career as individual and as exceptional as you.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a consistent high-quality pipeline of passive and interested inclusive and diverse talent
• Partner with and ensure effective collaboration and communication with in-market Recruitment and Talent teams, Recruitment co-ordinators and administrators to drive best-in-class recruitment and functional cohesiveness
• Work with the Regional Director and Associate Director of Recruitment to continuously improve and implement effective recruitment processes to ensure sourcing/hiring best practices are implemented and followed
• Partner with the Firm's senior leadership including Function Leaders to navigate resourcing challenges ensuring the highest quality service delivery
• Ensure adherence to Workforce Planning and budgeting/approvals process at all times
• Work with Regional Director and Associate Director of Recruitment to deliver timely and accurate reporting of all related recruitment activities and use data to drive recruitment performance and track FTE headcount
• Execute recruitment strategies that drive creative sourcing methodologies and reduce dependency on agencies
• Maintain a continuous focus on our ID&E strategy and ensure inclusive recruitment practices at all times
• Where vendors are used, adhere to preferred supplier strategy to ensure optimal vendor performance and appropriate pricing
• Ensure that all recruitment processes support the Firm's brand and that the Firm provides a world-class candidate experience throughout the selection process

Essential Criteria:

To be successful in this role you will need:

Skills and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience working in a Professional Services organization would be highly desirable
• Experience in running significant high-volume strategic recruitment in a complex global organization
• Ideally, international recruitment experience with a developed understanding of resourcing dynamics across regions
• Extensive experience in supporting professional and business services recruitment (e.g. Finance, Operations, Human Resources, IT, Business Development, Marketing, Communications, and other support functions)
• Strong track record in direct sourcing methodologies and delivery of high-quality, diverse talent
• Strong collaborative working style
• Able to work at pace, problem-solve, and deliver solutions against tight timelines
• Excellent communication skills with both team members and senior and executive stakeholders
• Able to bring good judgement and empathy to sensitive situations